Repole Stable
Owner: Mike Repole
Born: Jan. 21, 1969
Residence: Long Island, New York
Family: Wife, Maria. Daughter, Gioia
College: St. John’s University.
Breeders’ Cup record: 5 1-1-0 | $1,320,000
• Repole won the 2010 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) with Uncle Mo, who was named the champion 2-year-old male and has become one of the sport’s top sires … Uncle Mo also won the 2010 Champagne Stakes (G1) and the 2011 Kelso Handicap (G2).
• Stopshoppingmaria was second in the 2011 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1).
• Repole is on target for his first Breeders’ Cup appearance since 2011 with Grade 1 winner Vino Rosso, one of the favorites for the Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1).
• Repole owns Vino Rosso in a partnership with good friend and fellow billionaire Vincent Viola.
• Vino Rosso shipped from trainer Todd Pletcher’s New York barn and won the Gold Cup at Santa Anita (G1) this year … He finished first in the Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) at Belmont Park, but was disqualified and placed second behind Code of Honor for bumping in the stretch.
• At three, Vino Rosso captured the Wood Memorial (G2) at Aqueduct.
• In 2018, Noble Indy won the Louisiana Derby (G2) for Repole and WinStar Farm.
• Repole also won the Wood Memorial in 2016, when it was a Grade 1 stakes, with Outwork. • In 2014, Stopchargingmaria won the Alabama Stakes (G1), the Coaching Club American Oaks (G1) and the Black-Eyed Susan (G2). She also won the 2013 Demoiselle Stakes (G2) and Tempted Stakes (G3).
• In 2011, while an illness sidelined Uncle Mo for much of the year, Repole won the Travers Stakes (G1) at Saratoga with Stay Thirsty. … Stay Thirsty, who earned $1.9 million, also won the 2012 Cigar Mile (G1) and the 2011 Jim Dandy (G2) … He was second in the 2011 Belmont Stakes (G1).
• He named one of his horses Run to Grand Ave in honor of his youth in Middle Village, Queens, when he would wager at an OTB on Grand Avenue.
• Repole entered racing in 2005 and quickly emerged as one of New York’s top owners … He has been leading owner at Saratoga three times (2010-12) and was the leading owner in New York in 2009.
• Repole’s close-knit family and friends can usually be seen when his horses race in major New York stakes, often numbering more than 75.
• Repole is actively involved in after-care programs for his horses. He and Robsham Stables sponsor the Robsham-Repole Barn for the New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program.
• A lifelong New York Mets fan, Repole’s silks are the Mets’ blue and orange.
• Repole is a co-founder of the BodyArmour sports drink … He is also a co-founder of Energy Brands, Vitaminwater and Smartwater … Former NBA star Kobe Bryant is a major investor in BodyArmour … Repole made his first fortune in business by selling Glaceau, the maker of Vitaminwater, to Coca-Cola for $4.1 billion.
• In 2009, Repole became Chairman of the Board of Pirate’s Booty and was instrumental in the company’s 300 percent growth in five years and the sale of Pirate Brands to B&G Foods for $195 million.